Download or read book Readings in Mass Communication written by Kimberly K. Massey and published by McGraw-Hill Humanities, Social Sciences & World Languages. This book was released on 2002 with total page 412 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This reader is designed to supplement any core textbook in Introduction to Mass Communication. The goal of the reader is to help students think more critically about the media. By drawing from a wide variety of sources and political and cultural viewpoints, this collection is predicated on the fact that students learn about the media mainly through the media--by reading or hearing about media in media publications or broadcasts. These articles are drawn mostly from popular and alternative media and take a hard and critical look at the political and social forces that drive media decision making.